The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It is a novel which draws the reader in and allows the reader to understand a lifestyle alien to them. Even though the novel is set in 1966, it is a novel that's theme can be found in any society and time period. ... The novel has been incorporated into a Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 movie adaptation, starring many popular young actors of our time. ... I believe "The Outsiders" is a relevant novel to study as in today's society the concept of viole...

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All humans have experienced physical and mental pain, but the character never realizes that the characters in the novels are humans too. The authors of these novels are writing about what they know, conflict and human suffering. ... Camus knew this and in his novel The Plague it was made evident. ... The story line for The Plague alternates from physical to mental suffering throughout the duration of the novel. ... Novels give us a mirror image of our lives. ...

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As Daphne du Maurier finished her novel, she said to herself, So it was. A finished novel. ... Little did du Maurier know, her novel ended up becoming a great success. ... One of the reasons that I feel that the original novel Rebecca was more effective than the movie version was that I think the novel held suspense in a better way. ... Another reason why I thought the novel was more effective than the movie was that the movie didn't go into as much detail as the novel did. ...

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This is in sharp contrast to most contemporary novels which stuck to a Spartan diet of unreality and dullness, their only charm lying in the complete strangeness to anything human. ... In the preface to the novel Defoe says literally "The editor believes the history to be a just history of fact; neither is there any appearance of fiction in it." ... Of course, this technique of describing as many trivial events as possible to make the story seem more realistic, has (again) become a common aspect of almost every novel to date. ... It may seem as if I am saying I am strongly inclined to beli...

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Setting in "The Bluest Eye" Time 1940-41 The novel is divided into the four seasons Place Lorain, Ohio (Morrison's home town) It is more preciously set around Broadway, Twenty-First and Thirty-Fifth Streets. ... Autumn 1940 The European part of World War II had just begun full force Implicitly Morrison is using the Nazi Regime as a distant background to the novel's events Americans of 1940 treasure blonde hair and blue eyes in both dolls and little girls These features reflects the Aryan ideal The connection is reflected by the three prostitutes Sea...

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Robert Ludlum was very descriptive throughout the novel enabling readers to become one of the characters and in a sense become part of the novel. ... The author grabs the attention of the reader from the first sentence in the novel and all throughout the novel. ... I learned a unique style of writing unlike other novels I have previously read. I would definitely recommend this novel to my friends or anyone else. It is a very action packed novel and would be entertaining to all ages. ...

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Scripting Novels Laurence Sterne's, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, is a lengthy novel filled with essayistic passages and seemingly unrelated events. The novel has a self-proclaimed digressive-progressive style, which is continuously defended by the novels author/protagonist Tristram. ... This blinding effect of the imagination can be clearly seen throughout the novel. ... Voltaire's, Candide, is a cleverly scripted novel, which mainly discusses the topic of optimism. ... This unexpected event furthers the novel's critique of optimism. ...

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Both of these novels have been written by authors who have been through war. ... They describe their experiences through the war their thoughts and allow us as readers to see their character develop and change throughout the novel. ... In Persepolis, the veil is used to show different symbols throughout the novel, the main two is rebelliousness and repression. ... They took the risk and through out the novel we see that the veil is used as a medium to rebel and without it Marjane would not have been able to rebel. ... It is seen many times throughout the novel and it contains two scenes where ...

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Critical Review of 1984 By George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell is a story of a man's strugle against a totalitarianstic government that controlls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. They use advanced mind reading techniques to discover the thoughts of the people and punish those who show ...

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One characteristic of a thriller novel that is exemplified in Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14, is the ominous atmosphere that gives the novel a foreboding undertone. ... In the novel there is a chemical leak- that literally creates a dark environment. ... One of the first events in the novel- involves a school bus accident. ... Characters in thriller novels are usually in harm's path. ... Fear is one of the major characteristics in a thriller novel. ...

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Warm Bodies is a post-apocalyptic fiction and paranormal romance novel, written by Isaac Marion. The novel incorporates various aspects of black humour within the futuristic setting, which thematically sets the presentiment of the novel. ... This novel is effective in comparison to other novels in a similar genre or on a similar theme. Although I have not read any other novels within this theme, Romeo and Juliet portrays a similar premise throughout the novel Warm Bodies. ... The novel incorporates much gore, cheesy humorous comments and originality that is constructed throughout the eloque...

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The movie expresses more a dramatic and powerful ending scene than the novel. In the novel, the monster says "It is well. ... In contrast with the novel, although the film Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (1994) uses the same plot in the novel, the director creates an even more dramatic scene in the movie. ... In sum, these moral lessons about family issues are conveyed through the novel. ... In conclusion, compared with the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the film Mary Shelle...

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He wrote Manhattan Transfer followed his first novel in 1920 called One Man's Intuition and that in 1925. His most famous novel, U.S.A. came in three parts: The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money. ... U.S.A. was a novel by John Dos Passos that was widely accepted to many Americans who read it. However, there were some who disagree with the novel. ... These critics have mixed feelings for the novel, but they did not have anything extreme to say about it. ...

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All these factors and many many more contributed towards shaping the characteristics of the novel in that century. ... The novel was just what the doctor ordered! ... The prose style of the novels was simple and the vocabulary, easy to understand. ... The novel also fulfilled the need of a medium serving as the institution of social morality. ... The novel in one other aspects was decidedly different from all that followed in the fact that characters depicted in the novels were not complex individuals but simple down to earth people _ majority of them being rather nave. ...

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In addition, Hemingway wrote six novels and became a great writer. ... The first novel Hemingway wrote was The Sun Also Rises, in 1926. ... In 1937, Ernest Hemingway wrote his third novel, To Have and Have Not. ... Hemingway's next novel, written in 1940, was For Whom the Bell Tolls. ... This novel was probably Hemingway's least known. ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird is essentially a bleak novel Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a comprehensive, tragic and overwhelming novel, but it is not essentially bleak. ... Many things happen during the novel that may make it seem to be bleak. ... Tom's death was a total devastation in the novel. ... In this way To Kill a Mockingbird is an emotional and tragic novel. ... The novel gives hope for the future of the readers and the characters in the novel so To Kill a Mockingbird is not a bleak novel. ...

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When the essay "Why the Novel Matters" is approached as rhetorical systems rather than statements of doctrine, it is, I think, significant as critical conceptions of the novel as those of a writer defining his genre in his own terms - dialogically, rhetorically, and artistically, as a novelist would. ... In the essay "Why the Novel Matters", Lawrence explores in his own way the Romantic concept of the relativity of parts and wholes to construct a doctrinal statement celebrating the novel over other fields of thought. Unlike philosophy, science, and religion, which only address "part" of us, he...

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Realism in the fiction in the novel Realism was a literary movement in the last half of the 19th century in which writers opposed much of what the Romantics had stood for. ... This use of realism has the grave defect of obscuring what is probably the most original feature of the novel form. If the novel were realistic merely because it saw life from the seamy side, it would only be an inverted romance; but in fact it surely attempts to portray all the varieties of human experience, and not merely those suited to one particular literary perspective: the novel's realism does not reside in ...

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I think that historical novelization can be defined as an accurate fictional story on historical event(s) set in the past. ... However, I believe there are disadvantages with historical novelization. ... To conclude, I believe there are both advantages and disadvantages of historical novelization....

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The discourse time in the novel begins with the story of M. ... The Thénardier's also have a stronger role in the novel than August's film reveals. ... The ending of the film is also much different than the novel. ... Like Fantine, she fantasizes through reading romance novels and has great pride in her children. ... What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (And Vice Versa). ...

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In "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender,"" a hard-boiled detective novel by Marele Day, and "The Hunger Games,"" a young-adult novel by Suzanne Collins, the distinctive voices of the characters gives us a better understanding of their personalities, their past, and the worlds in which they live. ... The voices of the authors are also present in these novels. ... Day and Collins use a variety of non-verbal and verbal language throughout out their novels. ... Both novels are narrated in the first-person by the protagonist. ... Both Characters in the novel challenge the stereotype of a female...

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In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, various differences can be noticed between the novel and the film. ... This is revealed throughout the novel at some point or the other, but is expressed more throughout the film. ... In the beginning of the novel, chapter 1, a brief introduction of the Finch family is given by Scout. ... So, the difference between the film and the novel is that the part with Scout, Jem, Dill, and the tire did not actually happen in the novel until chapter 4; the film did not ever introduce the Finch family. ... The novel was very uninteresting and I would not...

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A novel must engage the reader, or no-one would bother to finish it. ... The most important role of a novel is to broaden our understanding of human nature. ... Another crucial aspect of novels is that they are able to edify society. ... In addition, novels make us see the world in a new light. ... To say novels merely entertain is to do a disservice to one of our proudest art forms. ...

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According to definition a gothic novel is a type of fiction in which their plots included mysterious and supernatural events intended to frighten the reader. ... Jane Eyre has been considered to fall into the category of a gothic novel; it understandable how people can interpret it this way. ... Rochester and Jane commute almost telepathically is a prime example of Jane Eyre having many of the elements of a gothic novel. ... Jane Eyre also strays from the true gothic novel, besides the lack of ghosts, in that none of the settings are really a castle. The settings of Jane Eyre do not fall t...

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SETTING: Yes the setting is appropriate for the novel. ... THEME: the underlying meaning of the novel is that everyone has a personnel legend. ... MOOD: I believe that this novel is a very well thought out novel. ... Most characters are no draw throughout the novel. ... CONCLUSION OF THE NOVEL: at the end of the novel Santiago finally realizes that he fulfilled his personnel legend and that it wasn't was it was set out to be. ...

• Word Count: 900
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• Grade Level: High School